ESPN Titletown

This summer, SportsCenter will visit 20 towns that lay claim to the name of TitleTown USA. Over the next month, you can nominate your championship city with a video or essay. Our select nationwide panel will review the submissions, highlight the best ones and narrow the list. Once the 20 finalists are formally announced in June, SportsCenter will tour each during a 20-day span in July culminating with online fan voting to determine the winner at the end of the month.

We're proud to announce the panelists who will help determine which town or city represents the passion, heritage, pride and historical achievement that the name TitleTown USA symbolizes.

SportsCenter anchors

	Scott

Stuart Scott: Since joining ESPN in 1993 for the launch of ESPN2 as a host of short sports update segments, Stuart Scott's role and visibility on studio shows have consistently grown. His primary roles are on SportsCenter -- often anchoring the 11 p.m. ET edition -- and on NFL and NBA programming.
Scott graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1987 with a bachelor of arts degree in speech communications and radio, television and motion pictures. At North Carolina he worked at a student radio station WXYC-FM as a sports and news reporter and played wide receiver and defensive back for a club football team.

	Anderson

John Anderson: He joined ESPN in June 1999 as an ESPNEWS anchor and now anchors SportsCenter, ESPN's flagship sports news program. Anderson came to ESPN from KPHO-TV in Phoenix, Ariz. where he was a weekend sports anchor from 1996 to 1999.
Anderson, a native of Green Bay, Wis., won the Outstanding Sports Feature Reporting Award, presented by the Oklahoma Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, in 1994 and 1995; in 1997, he received the Associated Press Television Award in Arizona for outstanding performance in broadcast journalism.

	Levy

Steve Levy: He has been an anchor on SportsCenter since joining ESPN in August 1993. Along the way, he has also handled play-by-play on the NHL (1995 - 2005) on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC Sports, college football on ESPN2 (1999 - 2002) and the NCAA Division I men's hockey semifinals and finals -- "The Frozen Four" -- in 1998 and '99.
Born March 12, 1965, Levy is a 1987 graduate of Oswego State with a bachelor of science degree in communications with a concentration in broadcasting.

	Harris

Jay Harris: Before joining ESPN in February 2003 as an ESPNEWS and SportsCenter anchor, Harris was a news anchor/reporter at WPGH-TV in Pittsburgh, Pa.
A native of Norfolk, Va., Harris was graduated from Old Dominion University with a bachelor's degree in speech communication in 1987. In 2003 he was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University. In 2004, he was the keynote speaker for Old Dominion's 100th commencement ceremony.

	Kenny

Brian Kenny: Since joining ESPN in September 1997, Kenny's primary roles are as host of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights and anchor of ESPNEWS "Hot List" from 3-6 p.m. ET Mondays-Fridays.
Kenny, born October 18, 1963, attended St. John's University and the New York Institute of Technology. He graduated magna cum laude from New York Tech in 1985. He is married and has 5 children. His daughter, Alexandra, is a professional ballerina, and is a member of the Columbia City Ballet (South Carolina). "

	McKendry

Chris McKendry: She joined ESPN as a SportsCenter anchor in July 1996, shifting in November of that year to ESPNEWS for the launch of the 24-hour sports news network.
Born in Philadelphia, McKendry was graduated from Drexel University in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in humanities. A dean's list scholar for three years, McKendry attended Drexel on a tennis scholarship.

	Everett

Neil Everett: For 15 years, Everett was also a reporter, assignment editor, associate producer and radio commentator at KGMB. He joined ESPN as an ESPNEWS anchor in July 2000 from KGMB-TV in Honolulu, where he was sports director and weekday anchor.
A native of Spokane, Wash., Everett is a 1984 graduate of the University of Oregon where he earned a bachelor of science degree in journalism.

	Van Pelt

Scott Van Pelt: He joined ESPN in Spring 2001 as the network's lead professional golf reporter. He has since become a SportCenter anchor, primarily hosting the 11 p.m. ET edition while remaining the lead reporter and host of golf's grand slam events.
A native of Brookville, Md., Van Pelt graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor's degree in radio/television and film.

	Elliott

Josh Elliott: He is a reporter for ESPN's SportsCenter and fills in as an anchor on ESPNEWS and ESPN2's Cold Pizza. He also writes columns for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. He has served these roles since April 2006. He first appeared on ESPN in 2004 as a guest contributor to ESPN's Around The Horn and Rome Is Burning and Cold Pizza. From June 2005 to March 2006 he hosted ESPN Classic's nightly series Classic Now, which delved into the sports news of the day and gave it historical context through debate and discussion, interviewing guests in studio and via satellite.
Elliott holds a masters degree from the Columbia School of Journalism and a bachelors of arts degree in English literature from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Elliott won a New York Emmy in 2005 for his writing and reporting contributions to the MSG Network program Angles.

	Buccigross

John Buccigross: He joined ESPNEWS as an anchor in October 1996. Buccigross also contributes as an anchor for SportsCenter. Since 1998, he has been the host of NHL 2Night. Buccigross contributes weekly NHL columns to ESPN.com during the season.

Buccigross, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., received a communications/theater arts degree from Heidelberg College in 1988.

	Verrett

Stan Verrett: The New Orleans native joined ESPNEWS, as an anchor in September 2000. In addition to ESPNEWS, Verrett hosts the network's Football Friday weekly program and occasionally anchors ESPN's SportsCenter.

Verrett is a graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C. where he was selected as one of the two outstanding graduates in journalism.

	Cohn

Linda Cohn: The SportsCenter staple joined ESPN as an anchor in 1992 and still hosts select SC shows. She has expanded her role with the network, hosting ESPNEWS' NFL Blitz and College Football Saturdays on ESPN2. She's also hosted coverage from the Super Bowl, WNBA Finals and the X Games.
Cohn received a bachelor of arts degree in communications from SUNY at Oswego in 1981. As a senior at Newfield (N.Y.) High School, she served as the goalie on the boy's ice hockey team and in college on the Oswego women's ice hockey team.

Outside Panelists

Rick Gosselin, Dallas Morning News Columnist

Steve Buckley, Boston Herald Columnist

Drew Sharp, Detroit Free-Press Columnist

Kevin Scarbinsky, The Birmingham News Columnist

Paola Boivin, Arizona Republic Columnist

Pat Dooley, Gainseville Sun Columnist

Wendell Barnhouse, Ft Worth Star Telegram Columnist

Jon Paul Morosi, Detroit Free Press Writer

Peter Schmuck, Baltimore Sun Columnist

Terence Moore, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Tim May - Columbus Dispatch Writer

Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel Columnist

Mike Vaccaro, NY Post Columnist

Steve Kelley, Seattle Times Columnist

Chad Cripe, Idaho Statesmen

Patrick Saunders, Denver Post

Rick Dean, Topeka Capital Journal

Jason Wilde, Wisconsin State Journal

John Ireland - KCAL TV - LA